Lincoln in the Bardo
- Author: G. Saunders
- Title: Lincoln in the Bardo
- Published: 2017
- Trivia: #20BooksOfSummer Challenge
- Trivia: Short list #ManBooker2017
Conclusion:
- Although the novel has small historical
- …entries and background information
- …I was very disappointed with the rest of the book.
- The main storyline of the novel covers the course of one night.
- The main narrative concerns Willie Lincoln’s first (and only) night in the bardo.
- Bardo = intermediate state shortly after death before passing on the hereafter.
- I expected more Lincoln
- ….and got a lot of chit-chat with quirky ghosts in the bardo.
- They relate anecdotes about their lives.
- Boring.
- If I read the paperback book
- ….I probably would have abandoned it.
- Since I used the audio book
- ….I just put on my earphones
- and kept walking until I reached my front door.
- Will this book win The Man Booker Award?
- Not getting my vote!
Last thoughts:
- Once again there was no planning.
- It was just hit and miss.
- I just choose a book from the short list
- …. and was very disappointed.
- I should have selected
- Mohsin Hamid, Colson Whitehead
- …or Zadie Smith.
- I’m sure one of these 3 books will win!
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I’m enjoying this far more than you. But I started off feeling very dubious and sceptical. I would have liked more of the historical record too, but I knew about the whole ghost thing, so I was prepared.
You read fast! I still have the last little bit to go. But a staff dinner tonight has meant I’m too tired to do it the night – oh well, there’s always tomorrow!
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Using a audio book…..helped me keep reading..
walking, cooking, biking, grocery shopping…..
It really is the best way to read ‘quirky’ fiction or complex non-fiction books.
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I loved History of Wolves. I did not love Bardo.
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